NQF CEO Resigns From Board of Kaiser, Premier
On Thursday, National Quality Forum President and CEO Christine Cassel announced she will step down from her board positions at Premier and Kaiser Permanente Health Plan and Hospitals amid criticism over potential conflicts of interest. Cassel disclosed her participation on the other boards when she was initially offered the NQF position in June, but she said Thursday that she would voluntarily step down from those positions because they had become a "distraction" for NQF.
- "National Quality Forum CEO Cassel Cutting Ties to Kaiser, Premier" (Carlson, Modern Healthcare, 2/26).